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UNITED STATES PATENT ori-lcs 108m H. BTLLEY, 0l' COLUHBUS, INDIANA.

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Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. S'ramr a citizen of the United States, residing at olumbus, in the county of Bartholomew and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Motor Stands, of which the following is a specification.

Itis desirable, in repairing motors such as are used for propelling automobiles, trucks, tractors, aeroplanes, boats and the like, to present every part for convenient access to the workman. A vast majority of motors to be repaired are used in automobiles. Formerly these were made with side flanges extending longitudinally of the. motor, which could be directly bolted to parallel rails of a motor stand. But in the later develo ment of threeint suspension motors, t e flanges are o n omitted, or short rear-feet are sometimes provided which will not reach the motor-stand rails; front attachments to the motor-stand often must be made from the timing gear-flange, and such a wide variety of supporting points are resorted to by the designers that direct attachment with and support by parallel rails of the motor-stand are impracticable.

' The object of this invention is to provide the motor-stand with adjustable members capable of being extended to any part of a motor where supporting attachment is possible, and for securing the motor to the stand in balance so the motor may be turned and easily held in any desired or given position.

I accomplish this and other minor objects which will hereinafter ap ear, by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichl.

Fig. 1, is a perspective view of my improved motor-stand with motor-sup rting members in operative position for olding one formY of motor securely in balance. Fig. 2, is a top plan view of the side-rails and tops of standards supporting them with the universal front motor-supports and the vlong legsv of the rear-brackets on top of the motor-stand side-rails. Fig. 3 is a like view with universal front motor-supports underneath the side-rails, and with the short leg of the bracket supports on top of the siderails. Fig. 4, is a front end vview of the structure shown in Fi 2. Fig. 5 is a like view of the structure s own in Fig. 3. Fig.

6 is a top view of the long leg of the supporting bracket and Fig. 7 is a side view of size of the motor. The standards each terminate'at their upper ends in a circular plate 11, having a central hole for the passage of a bolt 12, by means of which a similar second late 13 is held and retainedin contact wit the plate 11. These contactin plates have 4a series of holes concentric wit the bolts 12 adapted to be brought into re ister to receive a pin 14 by means of whic the plates' are 'retained at any desired or given .position of plate 13 relative to plate 11. Bolted to the inner face of each plate 18 are the respective side-rails 1e here shown as formed out of angle-steel. The bolts securing the rails to their plates pass through the vertilcal members dof tlliet raill andl through t eir co n ing p a es an the outer member o? each rail is rovided with a-longitudinal series of boltoles 16. Usually, in three-pointl motor suspension, rear lugs, one on each side of the motor are provided, but at varying heights and distances spar and to reach them I provide brackets ormed with a long leg 1 7, having a series of bolt-holes as shown 1n Figs. 2 and 6, and a short leg ,18, having bolt-holes as shown in Fig. 3. These legs are here shown as at ri ht an les to each other (see Fig. 7). This provides a wide range of adjustment on rails 15 to accommodate the varying height and distance apart -of the motor-lugs, whereby the weight of the rear end of the motor may be equally .balanced on the bolts 12.

'ford working access to the motor proper,

I provide a universali adjustable support comprising a .air o standards 19, each with a longitu mal series of bolt-holes and i aureola angles, umd iongimds for uniting them, and these legs 24 thus uni form the support for bracketfi each com a leg 28 with a longitudinal aeries I:if bolt-holes, anda foot 29 with a hole for a bolt securing it to the motor, or the lunited legs form the su port for bars 30,

slotted longitudinall or adjustment in their attachment to t e members 24. These bars have a hole 31 at their end for bolt connections with the motor.

The above described mechanism for su port' the front end of a motor may appli-hbelow the rails 15, as shown in igs. 2 and 4, or above said rails as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, or this mechanism ma be used for the support of both ends o the motor as is shown in Fig. 1.

The adaptability and possible adjustments of my motor-stand are so obvious that further description is unnecessary, the

urpose of the invention generally stated in so to support the motor between rails 15 t at it wil be equall balanced for all positions which it may -desired to give the motor by rotating the latter about the ivots 12, a given position of said rotation ivigl retained by the pins 14.

ile I have here described my invention in detail it is obvious that many modifications in its specific construction are 'ble without departing from `the spirit o the invention, and I therefore do not desire to be held unduly to the forms here shown and described or an more than is required by theappended ims; and having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a motor-stand, a pair of parallel rails adjustable vertically about a common axis, means adjustable coneentrically of the axis for holding a given position of the rails, and one or more brackets for each rail, each bracket com rising a pair of strai ht perforated mem rs angularly dispose to each other, one of which members is attached to a rail, the other member extend inwardly from the rail to which the brac et is attached.

2. In a motor-stand, a lpair of supporting members adjustable. in t oir distance from each other, a pair of arallel rails supported b the members an vertically ad ustable a ut a common airis,v means ad'usta le concentrically of the axis for hol a given nuance position of the rails, and inwardly extending braeketseach com rising a pair of stra' ht perforated mem to cechi-other su ported b the rails and adjustable longitu inally o the rails. 3. In a motor-stand, a. pair of standards adjustable in distance between them, a pair of rails supported by the standards and adjustable about a common axis, and a plurality of motor-supporting members adjustable each withV e other to the varying distance between the standards and to sup- 'port the motor `but without interfering with.

the movement of the rails between the standards.

4. In a motor-stand, a pair of parallel rails adjustable about a common axis, adjustable members attached to the railsfor supporting one end of a motor, other V,adjustable members attached to the rails on the other side of said axis, and adjustable members for supporting the other end of the motor from said last adjustable members.

5. In a motor-stand, a pair of parallel rails adjustable about a common axis, adjustable inwardly extending brackets attached to the rails for supporting one end of a motor other members in an assembly of parts adjustable to vary the size of the assembly in a lurality of directions, adjustable means ibr su porting the assembly from the rails, anda justable members for supportingly connecting the assembly with the other end ofthe motor.

6. In a motor-stand, a pair of parallel rails adjustable about a common axis, adjustable inwardly extending brackets attached to the rails for supporting one end of a motor, other members in an assembly of separate la ped parts on the other side of said axis a justable relative to each other to va the size of the assembly in a plurality of irections, means for supportn the aS- sembly from the rails, and adjusta le members for sup rtingly connecting the assemblv with t e other end of the motor.

a motor-stand, a pair of parallel rails adjustable about a common axis, motor-sup rting members adjustable in two directions attached to the rails for supporting one end of a motor, other members lini an bly of separate lapped parts advinstable to vary the sine of the bly and having feet arallel with and adjustably attached to t e rails, and members for supporting the other end of the motor adjustably attached to said assembly.

B. In a motor-stand, a pair of rails adjustable about a common axis, adjustable means c oncentric with said axis for securing a given position of the rails, inwardly extending brackets adjustably secured to the rails, an motor-supporti members in an asseinbl of se arate lap parts com rising ang e mem rs which are suppe 'by -angularly dis- A brackets adustabl of rails fastene the rails and which are adjustable thereon, and other members adjustable therewith to vary the size of the assembl 9. In a motor-stand, a pair of rails adjustable about a common axis each of said rails having a pluralit of flanges, means ad'ustable conoentri y of the axis for l ng the rails, inwardly extending n f secred one of the anges o t e an mo r-supporting bars each having a plurality of larly die d members at different len s attac ed to the other flanges of the rails and adjustable each with the other to suit the position of the motor.

10. In motor-stand a pair of supportin parts, a pair of members rotatively pivote respectively beside the first parts, a pair of rails fastened to the rotatable members, means for fastening the parts and members together to arrest rotation, other members in a plurality of longitudinally adjustable parts connect' the rails together, and motor-supports rom said last members.

11. In a motor-stand, a pair of supporting members a rotatable member pivoted to each of sa'i supoigtin members, a pair to t e rotatable mema har at right angles to each rail having a` lo itudinal series of holes, means for securin the bars to either side of said rails at di erent distances from the axis of rotation of the rails, a pair of bars subdaantially `L-shape having legs with a series of longitudinal openings, one leg of each L- shaped bar overlapping acorresponding leu l of the other bar, and the other leg of eac i L-shaped bar overlappin said respective bar attached to the paralle rails, means for securing the overlapped members of said bars together, and motor-supports from the Lshaped bars.

Signed at Columbus, Indiana, this the 28th day of Feb. 1929.

JOSEPH H. STALEY.4 

